The 22-year-old was one of the stand-out individuals last weekend in Resistencia.

IAIN HENDERSON GAVE Joe Schmidt a reminder of his quality in the second row during Ireland’s 29-17 win over Argentina last weekend, excelling in the line-out, carrying effectively and releasing one gorgeous short pass to Dave Kilcoyne late on.

The 22-year-old was winning his 11th cap, as his strength and power continue to grow. Devin Toner and Paul O’Connell may be the first-choice pairing in the second row, but ‘Llama’ [as his teammates refer to him] offers an excellent prospect in the long-term.

His ability to play at blindside flanker makes him an even more useful member of Joe Schmidt’s squad. Henderson will be hoping to make his 12th international appearance in the second Test against the Pumas, where he believes Ireland need to improve.

“We need to get our breakdown right, Argentina rattled us a bit at the breakdown,” said Henderson. “We need to make sure we get a good return on our set piece. If we do those two things, the backs will take care of the rest for us.”

TheJournal.ie is a full participating member of the Press Council of Ireland and supports
the Office of the Press Ombudsman. This scheme in addition to defending the freedom of the
press, offers readers a quick, fair and free method of dealing with complaints that they may
have in relation to articles that appear on our pages. To contact the Office of the
Press Ombudsman Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or go to
www.pressombudsman.ie
or www.presscouncil.ie

Please note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy.

Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.